Improvement in sash-holders



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ANDRRW'J. KRAMER,`

Or MARION, IOWA.

IMPROVEMENT IN SASH-HLDERS.

The Schedule referred to iii these Letters Patent and making part o! the same.

To all whom 'it may concern:

Be it known. that I, ANDREW J. KRAMER, of Marion, in the county of Linn and State of Iowa, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Window-sash Fastenings; and I do hereby declare that thefollowing-is a full, clear, and exact descrip-- tionvthereof, reference heilig hadto the accompany ing drawing andto the letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specication.

The nature Of my invention consists in the construction and arrangement of a window-sash fastening, as will be hereinafter fully set forth;

ln order to enable others skilledin the art to which my invention appertains to make and use the same, I will now proceed to describe it`s construction and operation, referring to the annexed drawing, in which- Figure 1 is a front view of a window, part in section, showing my sash-istener; and

Figure 2 is a side view of the lever by which -the sash-fastener is Operated.

A represents the window=frame or casing; and

B, the sash.

-From the outer edge, at any desired point in vthe sashB, is made around hole, extending horizontally4 inward to near the inner edge, where the sash is only pierced suciently to allow of the passage of arod, a as shown. 1

To the outer end of this rod, within the hole in the r'saslnis secured a bolt, l1, which is pressed outward into a corresponding hole in the window-casing, by

A'the sash may be raised orlowered at will.

means of a spiral spriig, e, surrounding the rod a, between the bolt and the inner end of the hole. v

C represents a lever of' the peculiar formation l shown in fig. l, one, end beingcurved in about the Vshape of a semicircle, and this curved end is slotted in the center around the bend to near the end.

rlhe inner end of the roda is passed through the slot in the lever O, and hooked tothe end of the, curved portion, as shown.

The lerer C heilig turned down, allows Ithe spring c tothrow the bolt b outward and `fasten the window.

By raising the lever the curved portion thereof bears againstthe inner end of the sash, forming a changeable fulcruin for drawing the bolt inward, when Or, by turning the lever upward, as represented in the'draw ing, the bolt will be held drawn in, and, consequently, the window not fastened.

Having thus fully described .my invention,

\Vhat I claim as new, and desire to secure by Let-- ters Patent, is-

The combination of rod a, bolt b, and spring e with lever C, when said lever is Vslotted and curved and holds the bolt withdrawn, in the manner described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my Own, I aix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

A. J. KR-AMER. Witnesses:

H. N. RICHARDSON, J. M. SHEETS. 

